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Barbaric hunt for undocumented people ensnares even United States citizens.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Being American or lawfully-admitted to be in the United States does not involve an "American look" or a "documented look". One of the great things about the United States is that it has a great mix of people arrived or descended from around the world.  When cops and immigration agents hunt for people unlawfully in the United States, are they really going to do anything more sophisticated than question people who "look foreign" or "sound foreign" (remember, many citizens are naturalized and do not speak English as a first language, and even more lawful visa holders are in the same boat) or to pursue reports of reported or suspected immigration status from jails, arresting cops and probation agents?  Horrifically, in their overzeal to deport deportable people -- an overzeal that I look to President Obama to reverse -- immigration authorities are too often getting United States citizens deported, as well...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).